In the days after giving birth, most mothers envision themselves at home bonding and getting to know the bundle of joy they’ve been carrying in their womb for the past 9 months.

However, when one Ohio mom was in her final trimester, she knew the first few months of her baby’s life would be spent in the hospital after she was diagnosed with a condition that should have killed her and the baby. And in the days and months that followed the risky birth, doctors realized that the road home would be more difficult than they ever imagined…